Why the Neanderthal should be in the Civ expansion pack

[Ubik]

The reasons are clear:

- They were a large, streching from Germany to Ethiopia and from France to Mongolia, civilization

- It is a PC thing too: We, the bloody Homo Sapiens have forced them into extinction. We own them something

- They are fun (just check out MacTbone's incarnation of the Neanderthal civ)

- They have the simpliest language (the vocabulary is quite simple - for instance "aaarrggh" was widely used as a verb and a noun, with several meanings like "eat" "piss off" "no, this female is mine" "I seen this cave first" or "your mommas, it's MY bone")

- I just had to do this, since every other contestant in that poll seems to have a "why" thread devoted to it.

Vote for Neanderthal, people, keep the flame alive!

[KrazyHorse]

Anyway, the Neanderthals probably had a highly-developed language.

[Ribannah]

According to Jean M. Auel they had a highly developed sign language.
They are also supposed to have had knowledge of herbal medicine and stonecutting, and very basically of counting, the calendar and fire.

[Martinus]

There ya go, Ubik.

Thanks to you we will soon have a whole Neanderthal-support community. The first expansion back should have them, Pitecantropus, Australopitecus and Home Erectus as well. Plus Dinosaurs (I bet Sid will go for it ) and Planet of Apes! Yeah

[Sandman]

You people are such vertebratists!

Giant squid should get a civ as well. I suggest that they are industrious ( lots of tentacles make light work) and scientific ( big eyes to examine things with).

[Acemo]

what about our single cell friends? they have been around a lot longer than we have and they will outlive us

Amoebas forever!

[Sarxis]

Why not just add 'Hydrogen' to the list of civs while you are at it? It has been around a lot longer than anything else mentioned.

Oh, and space/time too...

[squid]

Originally posted by Sandman
You people are such vertebratists!

Giant squid should get a civ as well

Of course! But with my cartillege endoskeleton, isn't that "almost" a vertebrate?

[Mister Pleasant]

Neanderthal - sounds like either
(1) A great mod
(2) A great scenario

I'll put that on my to do list, right after aliens.

[Gramphos]

I maybe should restore my original votes to support them once more.
See what level my joke have gone to...

[JellyDonut]

Originally posted by Anunikoba
Why not just add 'Hydrogen' to the list of civs while you are at it? It has been around a lot longer than anything else mentioned.

You atomist! You ONLY vote for things consisting of atoms, just because YOU consist of atoms. Vote for the Photons and Neutrinos!

[Christantine The Great]

You 3-dimentionalists! You only give things that have width, height, and length a chance! Try something that has one dimention for God's sake!